Coin-stacking device for vending-machines.



R. T. HOSKING.

COIN STACKING DEVICE FOR VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I8, I917.

i Patented Mar. 20 1918.

, ar ullnnm \\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\1 7/1 III KIMIII'mYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZWlfl/IIIIIIII I ATTORNEY RICHARD '1. HOSKING, 0F SAGINAW,IVIIGIIIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN BANKING MACHINE CORPORATION, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

coIN-s'rAcKIiTG DEVICE roe VENDING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Original applicati on filed July 17, 1913, Serial No. 779,420. Divided and this application filed June 18, 1917'. Serial No. 175,483.

be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

.This invention relates to coin stacking devices for vending machines and pertains more particular to stacking devices adapted for use in conjunction with a vending machine in which is employed an upright coinreceiving receptacle or tube, and a movable slide adapted to carry a coin forward and introduce it into the lower end of the tube through a slot provided in the tube for that purpose. A vending machine of this type is adapted to stack the coins in sequence, that is, in the order in which the coins are deposited on the slide.

A vending machine of this type is illustrated and described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 779,420, of which the present is a divisional application.

My present improvement pertains more specifically to an improved construction of the feeding'in slide and devices employed in conjunction therewith, whereby a coin deposited in the slide is fed forward into the tube through the slot and is automatically tilted at its forward or advancing edge and is raised as it passes into the tube, lifting the coins which are already in the tube, and is finally deposited in a substantially horizontal position in the tube and supported at such a height above the slide that the slide can be retracted and returned to its original position without disturbing the coin which has just been deposited in the tube.

With the above and certain other objects in view which will appear later in the specification, my invention. comprises the devices described and claimed and the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a coin-stacking device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the slide in its retracted 'or initial position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the slide pushed in to insert a coin in the stacking tube.

Fig. 4: is a perspective view, broken away in part, showing a modified construction of the slide.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, 1

indicates the coin receptacle or tube, 2 the The tube 1 is provided at its lower end with a coin slot 7 and just within the tube and at the rear of the slot is an upwardly inclined guide 8, preferably formed by striking up the metal of the base plate 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. I

To the rear of the inclined guide 8 is located a coin-supporting member or table 9,which is preferably formed integral with the tube 1, being in effect a partial bottom for the tube.

On the feeding-in slide 2 and at the edge of the recess 5 is a feeding-in projection 10, preferably formed by striking up the metal of the feeding-in slide 2, as shown in Figs. land 2, although the projection 10' may, if desired, be formed as shown in Fig. 4, com prising one or more points projecting upwardly from the surface of the feeding in slide 2 and located at the edge of the recess 5. In front of the advancing edge of the coin and in front of the recess 5 and carried by the feeding-in slide 2 is located a pair of hooks or projections 11, the purpose of which will be explained presently.

The operation of the device is as follows:

A coin having been deposited in the recess 5 of the slide 2, the slide is pushed forward, the projections 11 or 11' moving past the sides of the inclined guide 8 and under the bottom 9 of the tube 1. The advancing edge of the coin slides up along v the ginclined guide 8, tilting the coin and forcing it up underneath the coins already in the tube and betvveen those coins and the coin-support *9, lifting-the coins-already in" the-tube. As the coin passes over ample .th cguis l fifi nd assumes a more nearlyhorizontal position, the opposite edge of the coin is engaged'by the-upper part of the feeding-in projection oflw l hew lin E; g ll lllllida rl'f movement of the s ide causes the projection 10 to push the coin clear into the tube. The lc i i w len o comm w th th s de and rests upon the suppont Q atlasufii ient iheight flbpvethe slide- 2 to beout of contact ther i h so t h ls d wh n r leased and retracted by spring 6 will move back to l t iini a position w th u hing 9 d zturb n th pflsi q in- If it happens that the coin 2 is pushed in only part ay and. the. slide 2 isrreleasedbe- :fore it reaches .the ,end of its travel, the gliopks 11 will draw the coin wback ,Withthe slide so thata coin nottpropel ly deposited in the tube :1 .vvill be zreturned.

By the means above described l l ave pro- .vid d 2 simpl y e ec ve in s acki device bylwhiclmthe coinis fedinto theitl be n raised position abovethe fee ding in slide, so

that the slide may be returned to its intital position, :without contact with the a i thu ldesqz b y invention,

ivhati aim-and'desire-to secure by Letters Patent is "Ina coin-stacking device, albasegawoin movable on said base, said slide formed with a 00111 recelvmg f eeces, a nwaxd y rand E n es imQnyw e eo efi mytigna l e L in presence of two Witnesses.

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